Device for making puffs and curls of hair.



J. A. DAVIS. DEVICE FOR MAKING PUFFS AND OURLS OF HAIR.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.12, 1908.

Patented May 4, 1909.

enlr' clasps ina UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN A. DAVIS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DEVICE FOR MAKING PUFFS AND CURLS or HAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. December 12, 1908. Serial No. 467,139. 7

To all whom it may concern:

Be itkno'wn that I, JOHN A. DAVIS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago,

in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,

have invented certain new and useful Im- E-ovements in Devices forMaking Puffs and rls' of Hair, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in "a device to be used by ladiesand hair-dress-' ,ers for producing puffs of hair, which puffs in themodern toilet are open cylindrical rolls of hair used for adornment, andare made from locks of the natural hair in numbers and arranged on thehead to suit the artistic taste of' the wearer; and it consists incertain peculiarities of the construction, novel arrange-' that it willbe capable of receiving and re-' taming clasps which areused-in'connection with said roller when the puffs areformed andconstitute 'a part of the invention.

A' further object of the invention is to so construct thebody or rollerof the device that it may be easily manipulated by the operator" andreadily removed from the pufl" after it has been formed.

A still further object is to furnish retaining clasps of suchconstruction that locks of hair may be securely retained between theclamping-members or bars of the clasps without becoming entangledtherewith.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will'be disclosed in thesubjoined description and explanation.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionpertains, to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe it,referring'to the accompanying drawing, ip which- Figure 1 is aperspective view of a toilet lavice embodying the'invention, showinga lck of hair' thereon ready to form a pufl, and illustrating) bycontinuous lines one of the out the position it will occupy in PatentedMay 4, 1909.

the 1n1t1al step of causing 1t to engage t e puff and by dotted linesits engaged position therewith; Fig. 2 is a greatly enlarged side viewof a portion of one of the clasps, showing one of the forms thereof;Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the puff-forming roller orbody, and a view in side elevation of a modified formof onexof theclasps'in about the position to be inserted under the pufi when thelatter is formed on the roller; Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view of theroller taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3 looking in the direction indicated bythe arrows; Fig. 5 is a greatly enlarged view in side elevation of aportion of the modified form of the claspshown in Fig. 3 of the drawing;and Fig. 6 is an end view. of the modified form of the clasp shown inFig. 5, showing the continuous impinging surfaces of the clamping-barsor members.

Like numerals of reference, refer to corresponding parts throughout thedifi'erent views of the drawing.

The reference numeral 10 designates the body of the device, which isherein shown as being made of a solid piece of material having a chamberor cavity 11 extended thereinto from one of its ends, the outer end ofwhich chamber may be closed by'means of a stopper 12 having on its outerend 'a'knob or enlargement 13 which may sometimes be utilized in turningthe roller or body 10,

which roller or body may be made of any suitable material and by anydesired means, but'it is preferably made of wood on account of thecheapness and the economy with which wooden rollers may be manufacturedby automatic machinery commonly employed for producing woo turnings, andfinished with any desired wood finish. As shown, the roller or body isprovided at the end in which the chamber 11 is located with an enlarment 14 and near said enlargement wifir a reduced portion 15, thusproducing a handle for the manipulation of the roller. In the outersurface of the roller are produced one or more longitudinally extendedgrooves16 to allow one of the bars of a clasp to ass under the hairforming the puff, as will e hereinafter described. For convenience, Iprefer to form the roller with several grooves, but one only isabsolutely necessary for successful operation of the device, and in someinstances I may omit all of the grooves, except one,

In conjunction with the grooved roller a "clasp 17 is employed andconstitutes a part 55 as 1s clearl drawmg.

bars 19 "and20 constitute extensions of the loop 18 and cross each otherat the front portion of the loop, and each is provided with an offset orshoulder 22 which are located in alinement with one another andsubstantially at right angles to said bars, to the end that when the bar19is secured to the bar 20 by means of the hook 21 said bars will lie insubstantial parallelism with one another, yet at a suflicient distanceapart to permit of the 20 lock of hair forming the puff being interposedbetween the same, which will be held in its completed form by means ofthe clasp. Furthermore, by forming the bars 19 and 20 with the offsetsor extensions 22 at the front 25 of the loop it is apparent that acontinuous contacting or impinging surface between the two portions 22,from about the point indicated at 23 to the point indicated at 2 1 (seeFig. 2), will be afforded, thus preventing the hair being interposedbetween the portions 22 and becomin engaged therewith. As the extensionsor 0 sets 22 are formed substantially at right angles to the bars 19 and20 it is apparent that when the clasp is in the position shown by dottedlines in Fig. 1 of the drawing the lock of hair will be mainly disposedaway from the point midway between the points 23 and 24, and as the hairis disposed transversely with respect to the ex- 40 tensions orshoulders 22, which aflord an abrupt abutment, it will be preventedpassing between said extensions or shoulders or blecoming entangled withthe loop of the c asp.

In Figs. 3, 5 and 6 of the drawing is shown a modification in theconstruction of the clasp which consists, as before, in extending fromthe loop 18 a pair of clam ing-bars 1'9 and 20 which, when in theirocked positions, will be in substantial parallelism with one another butat a slight distance apart. This modification consists in providing theshoulders or extensions 22 at the front of the loop 18 with rearwardlyextended bends 25, shown in Figs. 3 and 5 of the y thus forming theextensions or shoulders 22 with the bends 25 it is apparent that thedistance between the points 23 and 24 is increased, thus increasing theQ contacting or impinging surfaces of said shouldersv and at the sametime providing recesses away from the middle point between the points 23and 24 for the lock of hair which, it will be understood, is disposedtransversely with respect to the extensions or shoulders 22 as in theother construction. In this modified constructionit is obvious that acurved abutment instead of a straight one, as in the firstabove-described construction, will be presented toward the lock of hair,thus causing the same to have a tendency to lie away from the middleportion of the contacting surfaces of said extensions or shoulders.

The operation of the device is simple and as followsf The roller is heldin one of the hands of the user and usually by means of the handles 13and 14 when a lock of hair is I wound around the roller as shown in Fig.1

when the bar 19 of one of the clasps 17 ma be inserted in one of thegrooves 16 beneat the hair until the free end of the bar 19 is exposedon the opposite side of the puff from that on which the loop 18 islocated, when said end of said bar may be engaged by the hook 21 on thebar 20, thus. firmly securing the clasp in position on the puff,whenathe roller 10 may be withdrawn therefrom, and to facilitate thewithdrawal of the roller the same is preferably tapered from the handleportion to its opposite end.

From the foregoing and by reference to the drawing it Wil be understoodand readily seen that a very important feature or object of theinvention, that is, to prevent the hair working back between the barsof. the clasp or extensions thereof into the loop andbecoming entangledtherewith, is attained by the construction set forth.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to'secure by Letters-Patent, is r 1. As an improved article ofmanufacture, a device consisting of a cylindrical body having one ormore longitudinally extended grooves in its outer surface, a detachedclasp comprising two bars connected together at one of their ends" by aloop and formed in front of said loop with crossed offsets or ex-'tensions im inging against one another and holding the ars when in theirengaged positions at a slight distance apart in substantial parallelism,one of the bars of said clasp adapted to be extended longitudinally in agroove of the body, and means to detachably secure the bars together attheir free ends.

2. A clasp consisting of two bars connected together at one of theirends and formed in front of said connection with crossed offsets orextensions impin ing continuously against one another an holding thebars when in their engaged positions at a slight distance apartinsubstantial parallelism, one of said bars having on its free end ahook to engage the free portion of the other,

bar.

3. A clasp consisting of two bars con-' nected together at one of theirends and formedin front ofsaid connection with crossed offsets orextensions impinging against and traversin one another for a distanceand l distance and holding the bars when in their holding t e bars whenin their engaged posiengaged positions at a. slight distance apart,tions at a short distance a art, and means each of said oflsets orextensions having a to detachably fasten the ars together at rear-Wardlyextended bend, and means to 5 their free ends. detachably fasten thebars together at their 15 4. A clasp consisting of two bars confreeends.

nected together at one of their ends and JOHN AQDAVIS. formed in frontof said connection with -Witnesses: crossed oflsets or extensionsimpinging CHAS. C. TILLMAN,

10 against and traversing one another for a l M. A. NYMAN.

